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Two US high school football players found guilty of rape

Rape case involving two teenagers from Steubenville High School in Ohio bitterly divided their community, prompting questions about the influence of its popular local football team, known as the ‘Big Red’

Trent Mays, 17, gets a hug from his father after being found guilty in Steubenville, Ohio (Keith Srakocic)

TWO members of a US high school football team have been found guilty of raping
a 16-year-old girl in a case that bitterly divided their community and drew
global attention.

Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, from Steubenville High School in Ohio
were sentenced to at least one year in juvenile jail. Mays was sentenced to
an additional year in jail for disseminating a nude photograph of a minor,
to be served after his rape sentence is completed.

The teenagers sexually assaulted their victim in the back of a car after an
alcohol-fuelled party on August 11, and then in the basement of a house.

The teenage girl testified on Saturday that she could not recall what happened
the night of the attack but remembered waking up naked in a strange house
after drinking at a party. She recalled drinking, leaving the party holding
hands with Mays and throwing